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Article #617Re: Uzbekistan: not just a country any more
From: Tim May
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:57
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:57
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In article <aQ9Zf.66201$bn3.51085@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, Ciccio <francescod@comcast.net> wrote: > > Excuse me? You've seen my picture; I doubt I'm much, if at all, > > older than you are. Besides, I don't take issue with the way > > you used "troll," i.e., as a verb. My objection regarding that > > word is people using it as a noun. A person who trolls isn't a > > "troll"; he's a *troller.* > > Another esoteric use of troll as a noun is among cops and it predates the > internet. Many urban police departments use "trolling" as a verb meaning an > undercover [pun?] activity of obtaining solicitations from street whores, > also at times, street drug dealers. The undercover officer who does > "trolling" is referred to a "troll." And yet another (related) use of "troll" is for one of the beggars on the street, the drifters, winos, layabouts, petty criminals, Rastafarian bums, shopping cart pushers, and other lowlifes who infest our cities. Here in Santa Cruz, there have been various "troll-busting" campaigns. In one famous case, in 1982, a troll was blown off a bridge (appropriately) over the river with a home-made bazooka. (The case was never solved, fortunately. Not much pressure to.) --Tim May
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